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We expressed love for this dog by ... knowing without showing that we cared for him.

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Dog
Knowing
Without
Love
Cared
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THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.
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The question is what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?
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You can do anything when it's not real.
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I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes. “You’re right, Angelina - I’m here to save you.” “Can you? Really?” “I’ll try,” I say and the girl smiles.
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He prefers not to ruin things with any more questions. What it is is what it is.
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Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
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The bittersweetness of uncertainty: To win or to lose.
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I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes? You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in the basement.
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When death captures me, the boy vowed, he will feel my fist in his face. (31.26)
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There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are.... Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.
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...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.
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How'd it feel? Rube asked himself. I don't know exactly, but it made me want to howl.
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How about a kiss, Saumensch?
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I only know that all of those people would have sensed me that night, excluding the youngest of the children. I was the suggestion. I was the advice, my imagined feet walking into the kitchen and down the corridor.
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You can do all manner of underhanded nice things when you have a caustic reputation.
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I say, 'Don't lose your heart, Rube.' And very clearly, without moving, my brother answers me. He says, 'I'm not tryin' to lose it, Cam. I'm tryin' to find it.
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An eleven-year-old girl is many things, but she is not stupid.
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Competence was attractive.
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I love and hate this place because it is full of words.
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The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At the end of it, the sun is like a yellow hole. . .
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